Deichstraße

Street in Hamburg, Germany

Deichstraße (lit. "dike street") is the oldest remaining street in the Altstadt of Hamburg, Germany and a popular visitor attraction in the city.

Deichstraße dates back to the 14th century; it was first mentioned in 1304.^[1] Located adjacent to Nikolaifleet and close to the Speicherstadt,^[2] it now contains carefully restored 17th–19th-century houses, all that is left of the old harbour district.^[3]^[4] The Great Fire of 1842 broke out in Deichstraße 42^[3]^[4] and destroyed many of the original buildings, but spared the southern end of the street spreading - driven by the wind - mostly northeastwards. Today, Deichstraße –along with Neustadt's Peterstraße– contains some of the oldest buildings in the city, including the oldest warehouse, at Peterstraße 27, built in 1780.^[3]

References

^ Gerhard Eckert, tr. Alec Court, Baedeker's Hamburg, rev. ed. Norwich: Jarrold/New York: Prentice Hall, 1987, ISBN 0-13-369687-1, p. 61.
^ Deichstraße, Hamburg.de (in German)
^ ^a ^b ^c Fodor's Germany, New York: Fodor's/Random House, 2009, ISBN 978-1-4000-0708-0, p. 520.
^ ^a ^b Jörg Albrecht, Hamburg, englisch, Marco Polo Insider Tips, Ostfildern: Mairs, 2003, ISBN 3-8297-0299-X, p. 35.